diff --git a/academic/scipy/README b/academic/scipy/README
index 10bf65548c..9bbcff5eb1 100644
--- a/academic/scipy/README
+++ b/academic/scipy/README
@@ -1,12 +1,17 @@
-SciPy (pronounced "Sigh Pie") is open-source software for mathematics, 
+SciPy (pronounced "Sigh Pie") is open-source software for mathematics,
 science, and engineering.
 
-The SciPy library is built to work with NumPy arrays, and provides many 
-user-friendly and efficient numerical routines such as routines for numerical 
-integration and optimization. Together, they run on all popular operating 
-systems, are quick to install, and are free of charge. NumPy and SciPy are 
-easy to use, but powerful enough to be depended upon by some of the world's 
-leading scientists and engineers.
+The SciPy library is built to work with NumPy arrays, and provides many
+user-friendly and efficient numerical routines such as routines for
+numerical integration and optimization. Together, they run on all popular
+operating systems, are quick to install, and are free of charge. NumPy
+and SciPy are easy to use, but powerful enough to be depended upon by
+some of the world's leading scientists and engineers.
 
-This requires numpy, blas, and lapack. matplotlib and ipython are nice to
-have in connection with scipy, but scipy does not depend on them.
+This requires numpy, blas, and lapack. Optional dependency: umfpack.
+matplotlib and ipython are nice to have in connection with scipy, but
+scipy does not depend on them.
+
+NOTE: Presently, if you install umfpack and its dependencies before
+scipy, make sure there is a link to /usr/include/amd/amd.h from within
+/usr/include/umfpack, otherwise scipy will not build.
diff --git a/academic/scipy/scipy.SlackBuild b/academic/scipy/scipy.SlackBuild
index 9f293643ad..c373bb9fe2 100644
--- a/academic/scipy/scipy.SlackBuild
+++ b/academic/scipy/scipy.SlackBuild
@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@
 
 # Written by Eugene Suter <easuter@gmail.com>
 # Updated to 0.7.2 by João Felipe Santos <joao.eel@gmail.com>
+# Updated to 0.9.0 by Serban Udrea <S.Udrea@gsi.de>
 
 PRGNAM=scipy
-VERSION=${VERSION:-0.7.2}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-0.9.0}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
diff --git a/academic/scipy/scipy.info b/academic/scipy/scipy.info
index 76ea4d7c8a..3d8a9939f0 100644
--- a/academic/scipy/scipy.info
+++ b/academic/scipy/scipy.info
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 PRGNAM="scipy"
-VERSION="0.7.2"
+VERSION="0.9.0"
 HOMEPAGE="http://www.scipy.org/"
-DOWNLOAD="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/scipy/scipy-0.7.2.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="33f883f5ea4227de7097c47d70d5402a"
+DOWNLOAD="http://garr.dl.sourceforge.net/project/scipy/scipy/0.9.0/scipy-0.9.0.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="ebfef6e8e82d15c875a4ee6a46d4e1cd"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 MAINTAINER="Serban Udrea"
 EMAIL="S.Udrea@gsi.de"
-APPROVED="rworkman"
+APPROVED="rworkman,Niels Horn"
diff --git a/academic/scipy/slack-desc b/academic/scipy/slack-desc
index b6bb92468b..e165cb7b5e 100644
--- a/academic/scipy/slack-desc
+++ b/academic/scipy/slack-desc
@@ -5,15 +5,15 @@
 # make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct.  It's also
 # customary to leave one space after the ':'.
 
-     |-----handy-ruler-------------------------------------------------------|
+     |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
 scipy: SciPy (python library for math, science, and engineering)
-scipy: 
-scipy: The SciPy library is built to work with NumPy arrays, and provides many 
-scipy: user-friendly and efficient numerical routines such as routines for numerical 
-scipy: integration and optimization. Together, they run on all popular operating 
-scipy: systems, are quick to install, and are free of charge. NumPy and SciPy are 
-scipy: easy to use, but powerful enough to be depended upon by some of the world's 
-scipy: leading scientists and engineers.
+scipy:
+scipy: The SciPy library is built to work with NumPy arrays, and provides
+scipy: many user-friendly and efficient numerical routines such as routines
+scipy: for numerical integration and optimization. Together, they run on all
+scipy: popular operating systems, are quick to install, and are free of
+scipy: charge. NumPy and SciPy are easy to use, but powerful enough to be
+scipy: depended upon by some of the world's leading scientists and engineers.
 scipy:
 scipy: http://www.scipy.org/
 scipy: